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Originally Posted by yunhaid
... maybe you can persuade them to open their SDK.
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We might be unable to persuade them to publish their SDK,
but as far as I understand they have build their system on Linux. So they have to publish full source codes for all software under GPL licence they are distributing. Including their patches and all information necessary for building the SW. And at least the Linux kernel they use is under GPL. I also think they use lots of other GNU utilities. Like busybox, and many other esential pieces of SW.
They might have developed some programs from the scratch - like the program used for displaying the text. I do not think that a GNU utility could make line wrapping in .sdk files in such a stupid way ;-)
When you purchase the STAReBOOK reader you can
demand the source for GPL-ed software on their device. And they have to provide the source to you. They might ask for a reasonable handling fee (cost of media, burning itself, postage, ...) but they can't ask the money for the code itself. And once you have the source, You can do anything with it - according the GPL.